Do you consider healthy food expensive? If yes, that you are mistaken! I suggest you to make sure that small income is not an occasion to ruin the health.
We will begin with the fact that excessive economy won't lead to anything good: buying the begun to rot fruit, you risk to get poisoned seriously... And treatment costs much today!
But we won't be about sad! Take the handle and the sheet of paper better and make the list of what you usually buy in shop. And now safely delete from it all so-called ""junk food""! All products which have high caloric content, but small nutrition value concern to it: chips, croutons, salted nuts, candies, popcorn, ready breakfasts, noodles and puree of instant preparation... You are surprised as far as together with it your expenditure will be reduced!
And now make the list correct, healthy, purchases. Here what is possible and needs to be included there.
Eggs. Long ago it is proved that eggs can't increase cholesterol level in any way therefore forget about prejudices and safely use them in the diet! From them it is possible to prepare a set of useful and tasty dishes - connect imagination!
Fresh seasonal vegetables. During a season vegetables are quite cheap, especially in the market. Therefore forget about canned food!
The frozen vegetable mixes. Great option of an evening garnish! Besides, such mixes give a scope for imagination and significantly save your time. Take them by weight - so will be considerably cheaper.
Fresh meat. But not ready ""shish kebabs""! And, meat isn't obligatory to eat every day - enough couple of times a week. Quietly choose both pork, and mutton: remember that get fat not from fats, and from their combination to carbohydrates (potatoes, pasta + meat) and total number of calories!
Bean. Haricot and chick-pea pastes, pea puree - excellent sources of protein.
Grain. Take them by weight. Let packing will be unsightly, but you won't overpay for a brand!
Now we will talk about water. Think whether often you drink a clear water without gas? Or prefer sparkling water? Think how many money you spend for empty calories and pass to usual water. The filter for water will help to save: you will be spent once, but there will be some clean drinking water!
Next moment: where it is better to make purchases? The answer is simple - in the nearest big shop! If it also belongs to the category of social - perfectly! Just think how many gasoline, time and nerves you will spend, driving about on the city from the end in the end for the cheapest fish and the most available vegetables. Small cunning: start friendship with sellers of departments (if you make purchases in the market): they will always prompt that is fresher and is cheaper. And also try to shop wholesale: offer such idea to friends, neighbors, colleagues... After all, just throw a call at a hometown forum!
And finally: get a habit to take food for work. You will significantly save on lunches in the dining room or cafe (where food often of very mediocre quality).